THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1926.
SATURDAY'S PRETTY WEDDING.
GREAT
STOCKTAKING.
Wm.
Powell
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Bridal group taken at the wedding of Mr. V. H. W. Chittenden and Miss Gladys Brock, at St. John's Cathedral on Saturday. Photo: Mee Cheung),
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SCHOOLBOY NEGLECTS,
LESSONS.
Two interreling hawking Cases came before Major C. Wilson at the Central Magistravy to-day”.
THE CIGARETTE SURTAX.
ANOTHER AGREEMENT
VIOLATED.
Peking, Jan. 28.--The 20 per vent, eignrette surtas which was effectually enforced in this dis- In one case, a woman, aligrivtrict yesterday and is to-day in destitute in appearance, with full swing. fuisites Peking's pre- child strapped after the use that provincial violations | native fashion to her back, came at the 1999 Agreement between forward to offer what she apparent-the Government and the tobacco ly considered to be i necessary | explanation in accounting for the pairs were disapproved of conduct of a young son who had the
Central Government,
some though it was powerless to ins
Terfere.
been' gaught hawking vegetables without a licence. She told the Magistrate that she parked
The Inel tax is a frank, shame- the wherewithal for her family's violation of a binding agree- support as an earth carrier. While ment enrried out with the approval away at her work, the son wa of the Cabinet, and, is having its supposed to be at school, and if he the effect upon the Legations and had done anything other than Tarif Conference delegates, attending to his lessons he would!
was be doing something that wrong. She was content to abide by the decision of the Court. The Court's decision was six strokes with the cane.
MOVED BY PITY,
A delegate to the conference re- marked to the writer to-day "The Chinge in this have provided a convincing ghjeet lesson." When ne surtax was s! Unreatened the apology was that Funds were Badly needed for educational pur-
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
TODAY'S IMPORTANT STATE CEREMONY.
Rugby, Feb. 1. Parliament will be opened to- morrow by H, M. the King in per
His Majesty, accompanied by the Queen, will drive in afale to Westminster, and will deliver the speech from, the Throne, forcaha dowing the legislation contemplated by the Government in the coining
Bession.
The Government desire to reservo as anch Parliamentary time as ponsible for consideration of any action that may be necessary when the report of the Coal Commission is presented.
The text of the King's speech has been approved by the Cabinet, and the newspapers anticipate that will probably prove to be the chief economy, electricity and agriculture matters upon which legislation is promised-British Wireless,
puses, but under the arrangement |SINO-RUSSIAN AFFAIR. The other case was that of enforest yesterday the police gen- Chinese who was charged, With darmerie
Were promised first. obstructing the police while in the claim on the returns while educa- execution of their duty. It appears tion will taken the residue. The that an Indian constable had taken farw tag is already, farmed to three into custody a little girl, who Chinese individual foi a lump re- hawked without the Bressary barn of $62,500 monthly to be
CHINESE RAILWAY TUPAN DISMISSED.
Peking, Feb. 1.
licence, and although the defendahi paid to the metropolitan treasűr- A message from Changchun says had nothing to do with the caser, the police to gaist in the rol-that Chung Huan-hsiang was dis he intervened with the id lection of the surtax.
missed from the tupanship of the securing the release of the child
This is regarded by the Lega-railway zone on January 30. He was charged with inciting the Lions as being a brazen violation, The defence commissioner at people in the street to ase force a written agreement in which Changchun has been appointed attain this object, but denied to the oral powers are involved and to succeed him. Magistrate that he did so. While pointing out that it was a serious thing with which the defendantpared for addition to the Wais pressure from the Soviet" repre-
| sentatives,-Reiter," was charged. Majer Wilson said he hop's interesting vollection was quite ready to believe that the thereof.-X, C, D). News.
defendant was moved by pity for the girl's case to interfere in the way he did. A fine of $0 only would be imposed.
strong protests are being pre-
His dismissal is attributed to
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An armed robbery curred Paris is concerned with the After travelling, unamned,
INDIA A COMMONWEALTH.
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India would have the status of for certain roservations on home defence and foreign affuirs, under the Commonwealth of India Bill, a private Bill introduced by Mr. Lansbury and supported by 11 Labour M.P.'e.
A "wreck of junk" doting in this morning: at 10 o'clock at No. story of Prince Mkordzi, a 75,000 miles through Africa, Mr. Lat. 116.70 1 Long, 2240-N is 1843, Portland Stroet. Yaumati, Georgian colonel of 34, regarded w. J. W. Roome, secretary for a self-governing Dominion, except reported by the master of the ss. Three ribers, armed with re.as a national hor, who is reputed East Central Africa of the British Van Cloon, frum Amoy and velvers, broke info the shop in to have carried out many Swatow, to be dangerous to the ground floor and made a haul extraordinary feats of arms in and Foreign Bible Society, has navigation.
which consisted of money cloth-fighting the Soviets. ing, and jewellery. The value of the property stolen is not yet
A complaint, has been marie to known, the police by a Chinese woman · to the effect that a man lo wham she entrusted jewellery of the value of $1,098 for sale, has been missing for several days.
When the French liner Angers] arrived at Marseilles on Dec, 20 from the Far East, 152 Chinese"
roturned to England on furlough. During the past nine years Mr. Roomê has visited places where
As 'chief of the Goorgian: national movement against the Russians, the Prince, after many
The measure abolishes the unsuccessful fights, was beaten. no white man had hitherta boon Council of India and gives the Pirates boarded a Hongkong| Prince Mkerdzi oscaped to seen, and where his aging Secretary of State for India the fishing junk near Yuet Meo, in France, and was attempting to brought consternation and fear, same relation to the Indian Com- Chinese waters, on the 30th Jan. 9rganise a fresh offensive when But
he always travelled monwealth as the Secretary of They made the rather poor haul he became mentally unbalanced unarmed, alarm quickly gave way Governments of the
State for the Colonies has to the o $18, and oscaped in a boate was several months in a Puris to friendliness. which they had taken alongside. asylum.
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Domin-
He tramped or cycled thousanda He fully recovered his health of miles through the wilder Governors would have Cabinets The Viceroy and Provincial] and left the asylum, bent upon districts, accompanied by Uganda to advise them, the Cabinote merchunts wont ashore. The Sparks from a chatty are sup-freeing his country from Soviot. boys on foot or on bicycles. being collectively responsible to passports of 135, had been made posed to havo originated a fire at control; but tho Bolshovik Sometimes he and his carriers the Legislatures constituted out for Holland and Belgium, but Taip New Market yesterday. Georgians in Paris one night had to ford long and difficult entirely on an elective basis. the visas hud boon cleverly wash- Flames broke out in the cockloft abducted him.
swamps, and march through| Provinces would be autonomous | ed with salts of lemon, and the of house No. 32 amongst a pile of He says that his cuptors took dense forests or across dry plains under a federal constitution, word "France" substituted.
hay, and caused damage to the him to the Russian Embassy in under a blazing sun. extent of $400 before the outbreak | Paris, and obliged him to make
residuary powers-being vested in Noys, was extinguished.
Roads, he
are now the Commonwealth. political submission to the Soviet making the travellor's task much Envoy in charge.
eastor, and "the trader, in some The sale of the .. Ling Nam friends had boon hunting for him missionary.".
During this time the Prince's districts, is in advance of the Mr. F. D. Aoland, a former has been ordered by the Supreme in vain. Finally they found that
member of Parliament for Tiver Court in settlement of a claim für in was being kept a prisonor. African missionary is very great. George's land proposals, has ind The language difficulty of the ton, and a supporter of Mr. Lloyd repairs by the Hongkong andi Whampoa Dock Company. There They rescued him. ́.
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